It was organized by the Frente Patriótica de Libertação Nacional, which consisted of various anti-government groups, including the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP).
[1] The Portuguese poet and future presidential candidate, Manuel Alegre, was the director of the station for about ten years during his exile in Algeria.
Transmitting to Portugal on medium wave, the station was best received in the southern part of the country.
Others leading the fight against Portugal as a colonial power who were interviewed included Agostinho Neto from Angola, and Samora Machel and Eduardo Mondlane from Mozambique.
Often the reports came one month after the event but this was not considered a problem as censorship in Portugal meant that the information had not previously been known.